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Jes Anker Mikkelsen

Partner


About Jes Anker Mikkelsen

Education
Mediator 2003
Right of audience, The Danish Supreme Court 1994
Master of Laws 1976

Language
English

Jes Anker Mikkelsen has extensive experience in advising clients on maritime, transport and insurance law, as well as international trade.

He advises clients on, among others, cargo transportation, chartering agreements, collisions, grounding and salvage, insurance coverage, indemnity insurance, P&I, Hull & Machinery, insurance regulatory issues and insurance mediation.

Jes has, moreover, conducted numerous court cases and arbitration proceedings within his area of expertise and has acted as mediator on a number of occasions in Denmark and abroad.

Finally, Jes is part of Bech-Bruun's Cross-Border Insolvency Shipping Team and has particular experience with the American Chapter 11 and Chapter 15 rules.

Personal ratings

Bech-Bruun Recommended by Legal500

Legal500 Rating 2013
- Dispute resolution

Jes Anker Mikkelsen heads the practice, ...

Legal500, Dispute resolution

Chambers and partners

Chambers Europe Rating 2013
- Dispute Resolution

Clients value Jes Anker Mikkelsen for his ability to create a good business environment. He recently acted on behalf of Hessen Forst on a EUR3.3 million international freight claim, and is widely acknowledged to be one of the top maritime and transport lawyers in Denmark.

Chambers and Partners Europe, Dispute Resolution

Chambers and partners

Chambers Europe Rating 2013
- Shipping

"First-class lawyer" Jes Anker Mikkelsen heads the department and is lauded as "proactive, insightful and authoritative" by interviewees. Clients value his "excellent legal and client skills, and sophisticated understanding of business." 

Chambers and Partners Europe, Shipping

Chambers and partners

Chambers Global Rating 2013
- Dispute Resolution

Clients value Jes Anker Mikkelsen for his ability to create a good business environment. He recently acted on behalf of Hessen Forst on a EUR3.3 million international freight claim, and is widely acknowledged to be one of the top maritime and transportation lawyers in Denmark. 

Chambers and Partners Global, Dispute Resolution

Bech-Bruun Recommended by Legal500

Legal500 Rating 2013
- Insurance

Jes Anker Mikkelsen and Henrik Valdorf-Hansen jointly lead Bech-Bruun’s practice, for which recent work includes regulatory matters, insurance portfolio transfers, and high-value domestic and international disputes. Mikkelsen, who shows ‘good judgement and deep understanding of Danish insurance law’, is Danish counsel to Lloyd’s of London, (...).

Legal 500, Insurance

Bech-Bruun Recommended by Legal500

Legal500 Rating 2013
- Shipping and Transport

Clients appreciate group head Jes Anker Mikkelsen’s ‘vast knowledge of shipping, transport and insurance law’.

Legal 500, Shipping and transport

Publications:

  • The Death of Winter Storm
    European Transport Law, 2010, Article
  • Insurance Portfolio Transfers: "Move on and Let go" - Chapter on Denmark
    International Bar Association, 2010, Article
  • Shipping Finance - Denmark
    Euromoney Publications PLC, 1995, Book